Usually means: Burning the candle at both ends.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word midnight oil:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. midnight oil: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. midnight oil: Collins English Dictionary
  3. midnight oil: Wiktionary
  4. Midnight Oil (Midnight Oil album), Midnight Oil (album), Midnight Oil, Midnight oil, The Midnight Oil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Midnight Oil: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. midnight oil: Dictionary/thesaurus

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Midnight oil: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  2. midnight oil: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (midnight oil)

noun:  (slang) The drug opium.

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